{"id":50234,"date":"2021-08-10T14:50:47","date_gmt":"2021-08-10T18:50:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/panm360.com\/?post_type=records&#038;p=50234"},"modified":"2021-08-10T15:13:16","modified_gmt":"2021-08-10T19:13:16","slug":"susumu-hirasawa-beacon","status":"publish","type":"records","link":"https:\/\/panm360.com\/en\/records\/susumu-hirasawa-beacon\/","title":{"rendered":"Susumu Hirasawa &#8211; BEACON"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Having founded the band P-MODEL in 1979, Tokyo-born Susumu Hirasawa had become an icon of new wave and adventurous techno-pop in Japan when he set off on his solo career a decade later. It\u2019s this material he\u2019s best known for, specifically his unforgettable work scoring films by the late anime master Satoshi Kon, such as <em>Paprika<\/em> and the <em>Paranoia Agent <\/em>TV series. Blending monumental loftiness and poignant intimacy, anthemic earnestness and a streak of ironic, deadpan humour, Hirasawa\u2019s sensibility has remained firmly intact over the decades, while so has his capacity to startle and intrigue with each new song. His 14<sup>th<\/sup> solo album indicates no diminishment in any of this. Hirasawa\u2019s familiar melodic stylings, operatic grandeur and flights of falsetto are ever present, as his his strange yet alluring juxtaposition of martial force, playful absurdity, guileless emoting and disconcertingly unfamiliar electronic sounds. \u201cGhost Train\u201d, a sort of dyslexic robot spaghetti-Western number, is a good example. 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